PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davi Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Belmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Belmont has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Davi Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Belmont

188 cm
23
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Davi Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Simon Belmont!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Belmont is out of range.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Belmont on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Belmont avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Simon Belmont has been cut.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Belmont's front leg but catches the back leg as Belmont tries to avoid it.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick but Belmont moves out of range.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Belmont blocks a head kick by Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Simon Belmont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Belmont bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Belmont blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davi Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Simon Belmont's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Belmont has taken the fight to the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Belmont is looking to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Belmont ducks down to avoid it.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva tries to work over Belmont's front leg with a kick but Belmont checks it.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a head kick.

Belmont clinches with his opponent.
Belmont blocks an elbow strike.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Belmont tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Belmont has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Belmont tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Belmont staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belmont.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Belmont avoids a kick to the body.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Belmont saw that one coming.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Belmont's leg but Belmont calmly moves out of range.
Belmont is looking to clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davi Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belmont looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belmont.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Davi Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Simon Belmont's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Belmont shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belmont needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Davi Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Belmont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Belmont showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davi Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Belmont blocks a head kick by Silva.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a head kick. Belmont smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belmont looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva throws a head kick but Belmont moves out of range.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davi Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davi Silva!